
Leena Sharma
Lee Professor of Preventive Rheumatology · McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
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History


- 1980–1984
Medical College of Wisconsin Medical School -
Research
Osteoarthritis: new insights. Part 1: the disease and its risk factors
Review · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2000 · 1,786 citations
The role of knee alignment in disease progression and functional decline in knee osteoarthritis
JAMA · 2001 · First of 6 authors · Corresponding · 1,111 citations
Case report · New England Journal of Medicine · 2021 · Sole author · 834 citations

31 papers

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Grants
- 2024–2029
NUCATS CTSA K12 Program at Northwestern University
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences · K12
Contact PI · $3.2M · Northwestern University
- 2017–2027
Core Center for Clinical Research at Northwestern University
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · P30
Contact PI · $7.6M · Northwestern University
- 2015–2024
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences · KL2
Contact PI · $4.3M · Northwestern University
- 2014–2020
Long-Term Significance of Pre-Radiographic Lesions in Persons at Risk for Knee OA
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $5.7M · Northwestern University
Clinical trials
- 2004–2006
Knee Malalignment and Thigh Muscle Strengthening in Individuals With Medial Knee Arthritis
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 2, Phase 3
University of Melbourne


